Sri Lanka and coal

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sri Lanka as having no domestic coal production. The International Energy Agency states that in 2007 approximately 60% of electricity production was from oil-fired plants with the bulk of the rest from hydro capacity. Very minor amounts of electricity were generated from wind and solar photo-voltaic panels.

Sampur power station
Sampur power station, a 500 megawatt coal-fired power station which has been proposed to be constructed at Sampur, Trincomalee in Sri Lanka. The project would be developed through a joint venture company between the the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and the Ceylon Electricity Board."

Lakvijaya Power Plant
Lakvijaya Power Plant is a proposed 900 megawatt coal-fired power station in the Puttalam District of the Northwestern Province in Sri Lanka. It would be Sri Lanka's first coal power plant. The first phase of the plant is to inject 300 MW to the main grid by 2011, with the second phase injecting another 600MW by 2013. The Chinese government thorough the Exim Bank of China has provided US$ 455 million for the Lakvijaya plant. The delivery of the first shipment of 65,500 MT of coal at a cost of US$7 million from Indonesia was expected in the first week of November 2010.

It was announced in late March 2011 that Sri Lanka’s first coal power plant Lakvijaya, at Norochcholai, in the Puttalam District began Phase One of its operation. Under Phase One of the project, 300 MW, which amounts to 17% of the national power requirement of the country, was be added to the country's National Grid.

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